Ireland 1 Lithuania 0
You knew it hadn’t been a thriller when one of the loudest cheers was reserved for a pitch invader who looked like he was running on ice.
But then Troy Parrott stepped off the bench and capped an electric 25-minute cameo with a sublime winner in the seventh minute of injury-time.
And it had been coming.
On a night when Ireland saw FOUR goals - correctly - ruled out for offside, it was just the tonic to keep the team on its upward curve going into the summer.
Ireland refused to bow and Parrott’s strike saw Stephen Kenny off on another of his runs down the touchline in celebration.
But up to that point, it has been a frustrating night with only the pitch invader to lighten the mood.
Just as Ireland were preparing to whip a ball into the box, the bloke burst onto the pitch and, after various spills, ran up to Caoimhin Kelleher and took a selfie.
He then went slip-sliding away as he tried unsuccessfully to slalom through the sea of stewards. To be fair, it was the most fun Kelleher had all night.
Lithuania packed no punch whatsoever. Even the odd hairy moment in the Irish defence was self inflicted.
But Ireland were toothless themselves, despite keeping the heat on until the death with Parrott in the thick of it before his stunning goal.
Sure, they had the ball in the net on four occasions - twice from Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Hourihane and Scott Hogan - but all were correctly ruled offside.
